开始建造白宫 (White House) 了：1792年10月13日

汤玛斯．杰佛逊曾经参与设计白宫的竞赛。不过他的设计图并没有得到青睐，而是由住在南卡罗来那州查尔斯顿的爱尔兰移民詹姆斯．霍本 (James Hoban) 的设计图得到采纳，并赢得500元美金的奖金。霍本的设计图是以爱尔兰都柏林的「莱斯特宫」 (Leister House) 为设计模型。

因为全是由白灰色的砂石所建造，早在1809年的时候，总统官邸就已经被称为「白宫」。西奥朵．罗斯福总统在1902年正式采用这个名称。后来，这栋建筑物也历经多次扩大、强化、火灾，以及改建。


Thomas Jefferson was among the many people who submitted a plan for the White House. His design, however, was not chosen. Instead, James Hoban, an Irish immigrant architect living in Charleston, South Carolina, won the competition and a $500 prize, with a design modeled after Leister House in Dublin, Ireland.

Constructed of white-gray sandstone, the presidential mansion was called the White House as early as 1809. President Theodore Roosevelt officially adopted the term in 1902. Over the years, the original building has been expanded, reinforced, set on fire, and rebuilt.

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